Ever tried sharing terminal output with someone? You’ve got two bad options:
Copy-paste – and watch your perfectly aligned table turn into a mess. Paste into WhatsApp, Slack, Google Docs, or Word and the columns misalign, box-drawing characters break, and structured output becomes an unreadable wall of text.
Screenshot – but your platform’s screenshot tool only captures what’s on screen. If your table or log extends beyond the viewport, you’re stitching multiple screenshots or just giving up.
I kept hitting both problems, so I built TermSnap.
What is TermSnap?
A VS Code extension that lets you select terminal text – no matter how long – press Cmd+Shift+S, and get a single Carbon-style screenshot of the entire output.
Features
-
One shortcut – Select text in terminal, press
Cmd+Shift+S(Mac) /Ctrl+Shift+S(Windows/Linux) - Full selection capture – Even hundreds of lines that don’t fit on screen
- Carbon-style rendering – Rounded window frame, macOS dots, shadow, themed background
- 11 built-in themes – Dracula, Tokyo Night, Nord, Monokai, GitHub Dark, Catppuccin Mocha, and more
- Custom themes – Define your own colors in VS Code settings
- Live preview – Adjust theme, font size, padding, line numbers, window chrome in real time
- Export options – Save as PNG, copy image to clipboard, or copy raw text
Works great for
- Tables, ASCII art, mermaid diagrams, flowcharts
- Deployment logs and CLI output (
kubectl,docker,aws cli,firebase) - Documentation, presentations, slides, blog posts
- Anywhere plain text loses formatting when pasted
How to use
- Open terminal in VS Code
- Run your commands
- Select the output
- Press
Cmd+Shift+S - Adjust theme and settings in the preview panel
- Click Save as PNG, Copy Image, or Copy Text
Custom themes
Don’t like the built-in themes? Define your own:
{
"termsnap.theme": "custom",
"termsnap.customBackground": "#1a1a2e",
"termsnap.customTextColor": "#e0e0e0",
"termsnap.customTitleBarColor": "#16213e"
}
Install
- https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=KushakJafry.termsnap
- https://open-vsx.org/extension/kushakjafry/termsnap (for Cursor, VSCodium, etc.)
- https://github.com/kushakjafry/termsnap
It’s free and open source (MIT). Would love to hear what features or themes you’d want to see – drop a comment or open a GitHub issue!